Table 1

Clients’ reasons why they underwent circumcision*

Responses	No	%
*Multiple response (n = 114).
1 To avoid being called “supot” or uncircumcised	76	66.7
2 Already a grown up, of the right age—part of the tradition to undergo circumcision	47	41.2
3 To grow tall and physically fit	34	29.8
4 Wanted his penis to be free of smegma	26	22.8
5 To be able to cause pregnancy; wanted to have a child of his own	23	20.2
6 Parents told him to undergo the procedure	21	18.4
7 To court a girl, have a girlfriend and get married	14	12.3
8 Women like to have sexual intercourse with a man whose penis is circumcised	12	10.5
9 To facilitate entry of his penis during sexual intercourse	7	6.1
10 To enhance the form of his penis and to make his glans larger	7	6.1
11 It is in the Bible that a Christian must be circumcised	4	3.5
12 To become intelligent	3	2.6
13 Circumcision was free	2	1.8